Article 96U.K.Producer groups and producer organisations’ reports
1.At the request of the competent authority of the Member State, producer groups and producer organisations shall provide any relevant information needed for the drawing up of the annual report referred to in Article 97(b).
2.Producer organisations shall submit annual reports, accompanying applications for aid, on the implementation of operational programmes.
Those reports shall concern the following:
(a)operational programmes implemented during the preceding year;
(b)main amendments to operational programmes; and
(c)variances between estimated aid and aid applied for.
3.For each operational programme implemented, the annual report shall indicate:
(a)the achievements and results of the operational programme, based on, where relevant, the common output and result indicators set out in Annex VIII and, where appropriate, additional output and result indicators set out in the national strategy; and
(b)a summary of the major problems encountered in managing the programme and any measures taken to ensure the quality and effectiveness of programme implementation.
Where relevant, the annual report shall specify what effective safeguards are in place, in accordance with the national strategy and in application of Article 103c(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, to protect the environment from possible increased pressures coming from investments supported under the operational programme.
4.For the final year of application of an operational programme, a final report shall replace the annual report referred to in paragraph 1.
Final reports shall show to what extent the objectives pursued by the programmes have been achieved. They shall explain changes to actions and/or methods and identify factors which contributed to the success or failure of the programme’s implementation, which have been or will be considered when subsequent operational programmes are drawn up, or when existing operational programmes are amended.
5.Without prejudice to specific provisions in this Regulation, where a producer group or a producer organisation fails to notify the Member State as required under this Regulation or Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 or if the notification appears incorrect in the light of objective facts in the Member State’s possession, the Member State shall suspend the preliminary recognition of the producer group or the recognition of the producer organisation until the notification is correctly made.
The Member State shall include details of such cases in its annual report referred to in Article 97(b) of this Regulation.